Cleaning wax off of a carpet
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Lorraine
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How can I remove hardened scented tart wax that spilled from a tart warmer. i need to spot clean it.
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get brown paper that is highly absorbent - not the wax coated kind. heat an iron and lay the brown paper over the wax. Lay the warm iron over the brown paper. A layer of wax will melt and be absorbed by the brown paper. You may have to do it a few times to get it all
JS MysMan
on Sep 08, 2016
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Trying putting ice cubes on the wax to harden enough to scrape off.
Janet Pizaro
on Sep 08, 2016
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I had this problem with fairly new carpeting in a new home purchase. This is what worked for me. Scrape as much off as possible first. Vacuum well to pick up any little bits. Then use the brown paper/ironing trick - test heat setting in a hidden spot - you don't want to melt your carpet! Because my spot was bright orange wax, I used a little peroxide, and then a weak bleach solution to reduce the color as much as possible - of course, it was a light beige carpet. Then....in desperation, I painted some bits and then I actually trimmed out some of the particularly stubborn fibers. Spots are gone and nothing is visible unless you put your nose right down on the floor (and if I have guests that do that, I've got other problems).
Kcama
on Sep 08, 2016
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Paper bags or paper towels ,with iron also.
Peggy Kruemmelbein
on Sep 08, 2016
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Old brown grocery bags work too and the iron...move the paper after it has absorbed the wax and keep on until all is gone!!
Pamela
on Sep 08, 2016
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